QTUM
Defiance Quantum ETF · Defiance
Tech & Innovation
1Y Return
+47.0%
Expense Ratio
0.40%
AUM
$5.4B
Dividend Yield
0.80%
Avg Annual Growth (Since Inception)
+29.0%
Issuer
Defiance ETFs

Overview

Quantum computing and machine-learning hardware — around 86 companies from pure-play quantum labs to the chipmakers enabling them, equal-weighted.

Top Holdings

TickerHoldingWeight
IONQIonQ Inc.2.4%
RGTIRigetti Computing2.3%
QBTSD-Wave Quantum2.2%
QUBTQuantum Computing Inc.1.9%
MUMicron Technology1.6%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices1.5%
NVDANVIDIA Corp.1.5%
MRVLMarvell Technology1.4%
6702Fujitsu Ltd.1.4%
HONHoneywell Intl1.3%

Fund Details

Index
BlueStar Quantum Computing & ML
# Holdings
~86
Inception
Sep 2018
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Structure
Open-End Fund
Distribution
Annual
Avg Annual Growth (Since Inception)
+29.0%
Avg Annual Yield (Since Inception)
0.47%

Investment Thesis

Quantum is where AI was in 2015 — commercially early, scientifically real, and violently re-rating on every breakthrough headline — and QTUM's equal-weighted basket is the sane way to own a field where picking the winning qubit architecture is impossible. The +47% year rode the sector's arrival in mainstream portfolios; the volatility is genuinely extreme.

Who It's For

Early-theme investors buying the decade-out computing transition as a basket rather than a lottery ticket. Satellite-sized only — this is frontier tech with frontier drawdowns.

10-Year History

Annual Closing Price
YearClose% Chg
2016----
2017----
2018$18.72--
2019$26.01+38.9%
2020$38.76+49.0%
2021$48.84+26.0%
2022$33.70-31.0%
2023$47.18+40.0%
2024$70.77+50.0%
2025$92.00+30.0%
Annual Dividend Yield
YearYield
2016--
2017--
20180.60%
20190.50%
20200.30%
20210.20%
20220.40%
20230.50%
20240.60%
20250.70%
Annual AUM
YearAUM% Chg
2016----
2017----
2018$0.0B--
2019$0.1B+Infinity%
2020$0.1B+0.0%
2021$0.2B+100.0%
2022$0.1B-50.0%
2023$0.3B+200.0%
2024$1.5B+400.0%
2025$4B+166.7%

Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.

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